FANY Ride, Day 5, July 25, 2013
FANY Ride, Day 5, July 25, 2013
Thursday, we rode from Hamilton, through Cooperstown, to Cobleskill. There were lots of hills, some quite steep. I lost track of the number of times I was off the bike walking a steep section. The day started out foggy and chilly but eventually became sunny and pleasant.
The hills really slowed me down. My moving average was around 8 mph. I followed the cue sheet and It took a total of 11 hours, 45 minutes to travel 73.1 miles with 7021 feet of climb. Of course, that includes breakfast, lunch, and photo-op stops. I arrived just in time for the group photo at 6:45 pm. With setting up the tent, showering, getting dinner, uploading the GPS track, we didn’t get to lights out in the tent until about 10:30 pm. A very long day.
The route went through Cooperstown. But as you can see, I had no time to stop. Besides, Cooperstown was crazy busy. I was glad to get through without having to walk the bike. There was enough of that on the hills!